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Furman uses his unique background in the investigation of aircraft accidents to assist
in news coverage of aviation disasters. As a television news consultant he was flown to the scene to broadcast live from Lockerbie, Scotland about the investigation of the terrorist bombing of a Pan Am flight. Closer to home, Furman was retained by CBS News in connection with the TWA Flight 800 tragedy and appeared on the CBS Morning News and 48 Hours with Dan Rather. Other TWA-related broadcasts included Good Morning America; Geraldo Rivera Live; the Charles Grodin Show; CNBC's Business Insiders; WABC's Eyewitness News Conference, WNBC-TV's news coverage, as well as WCBS radio broadcasts. On the eve of the accident he was the only expert urging consideration of the possibility of a mechanical or structural failure, rather than a terrorist-induced explosion. Subsequently, the National Transportation Safety Board and the Federal Bureau of Investigation concluded the accident's cause was an explosion of the aircraft's center fuel tank. The inexplicable crash of an Egyptian airliner shortly after takeoff from JFK International put Furman on the air for the ABC television network's coverage of the disaster. He appeared on all major network-affiliated television stations in New York to comment on the unfolding investigation. Furman also worked as a consultant for ABC television news and broadcast live from the site of the crash of an Avianca aircraft on the north shore of Long Island. On the night of the accident he properly concluded in an on-air interview that the aircraft appeared to have run out of fuel on its way to JFK International. Furman also worked as a network consultant at the site of the miraculous, life-saving DC-10 crash-landing in Sioux City, Iowa; a US Air runway collision in Los Angeles; and other accidents at LaGuardia Airport in New York. Print media across the country have also turned to Furman for his accident investigation experience. Over the years since leaving government service he has been a resource on aviation matters to such newspapers as the New York Times, Washington Post, Boston Globe, Chicago Tribune, Newsday, Los Angeles Times and the Wall Street Journal. |
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